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    Swapping Internal and External HDDs

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by drunkontea, Aug 5, 2007.

  1. drunkontea

    drunkontea Newbie

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    Hi all I hope someone can help me here. My internal laptop hard disk is 80gb, and I have an 2.5' external 120GB hard disk. I was thinking of swapping the two drives as to add more space on my laptop. I wanted to know how I would backup the data from the 80gb hard disk (incl OS and everything) to the 120gb hard disk, so that I won't have to reinstall anything again.
     
    drunkontea, Aug 5, 2007
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    There are programs like True Image or Ghost which will allow to make an image of the drive.
     
    ZaZ, Aug 5, 2007
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